Manufacturing Day 2023: Labor and the Resolution to Try, Try Again
The state of manufacturing in 2023 is mixed. We’ve come through worse, but the atmosphere is far from easy. While we have no influence over natural disasters and geopolitical unrest, there’s...
Middle-Market Manufacturers Think Big This Year
According to a recent IndustryWeek article, middle-market manufacturing companies face many of the same issues their larger peers do, such as growing inflation, supply chain issues, talent attraction and retention, high...
Advanced Product Quality Planning – The 5 Phases of APQP
Updated: August 3, 2023
Published: April 1, 2019
Achieving Customer Satisfaction and Competitive Advantage at Lower Costs
Understanding and meeting customer expectations is at the heart of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and are...
Prepare for the Future of Manufacturing Today with an Adaptive ERP
Change is coming whether we like it or not, and it’s usually something I welcome in manufacturing. It’s the reason our industry can transform raw materials into 30,000 different components and...
Why Food Manufacturers Should Embrace Cloud-based ERP Now More Than Ever
If food manufacturers want to stay ahead of the competition today and into the future, they have to leverage advanced tools and systems that can optimize processes and deliver real-time insights....
Are Battery Electric Vehicles More Eco-Friendly Than Gas-Powered Vehicles?
Over the past decade, governments and leading automakers have moved toward electric vehicles as a key green technology to reduce oil use and combat climate change. In 2021, major automakers—including Ford,...
5 Key Strategies for Putting Quality First and Designing It from the Start
We all know that quality isn’t free. But if you want to pay for it at the lowest possible cost, you build quality in from the beginning.
When you identify a quality...
The Shop Floor Workforce is a Critical Component to Supply Chain Effectiveness
In the world of modern manufacturing, the importance of an efficient supply chain cannot be overstated. A well-functioning supply chain ensures that a company has the right materials, at the right...
Is ESG Really Worth the Trouble?
When QAD hosted a live webinar earlier this year to explore and analyze the challenges that have procurement leadership buzzing these days, the issue of environmental, social and governance (ESG) was...
3 Technology Enablers for CMOs – Key Takeaways from INTERPHEX
The panel session title at this year’s INTERPHEX event was “Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) lessons learned – How do you improve efficiency without compromising quality and compliance?” After 45 minutes of...